Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

Shirley Lewis Show Band

Amist the Black Eyes

You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

45-Shirley Granger - Givin Up the One I Love VINYL 02

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

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